Sustained participation in a pay-for-value program: impact on high-need patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Continuous PCP participation in a pay-for-value program was associated with lower use and improved quality over time, but not lower costs, for high-need patients. National policy efforts to engage PCPs in pay-for-value reimbursement is therefore likely to achieve some intended outcomes but may not be sufficient to deliver care that is of substantially higher value.
PMID: 28245662 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - January 31, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Cross DA, Cohen GR, Harris Lemak C, Adler-Milstein J Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research